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DATE: FRIDAY, December 3, 1993                   TAG: 9312030286
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: FERRUM                                LENGTH: Short

OBIT RAKES, VIDA WHITLOCK

RAKES, Vida Whitlock, 78, of Rt. 3, Ferrum, died Thursday, December 2, 1993 in a Roanoke hospital. She was preceded in death by her husband, Harve Rakes. Surviving are her daughter and son-in-law, Shirley R. and William Clay Hundley, Hurt, Va.; her son and daughter-in-law, Clay and Lois Rakes, Ferrum; six grandchildren, Tracey H. Thompson, Terrie H. Rowland, Tanya H. Shelton, Vickie R. Monsour, Dean Rakes, and Khristie Rakes; eight great-grandchildren; three sisters, Naomi Whitlock, Roanoke, Vera Nolen, Rocky Mount, Venie Whitlock, Roanoke; one brother, Cleonard Whitlock, Ferrum. Funeral services will be conducted at Flora Funeral Chapel, 2 p.m. Saturday, with Rev. Bud Nichols officiating. Interment will follow in Maple Grove Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Friday, with the family receiving friends from 7 to 9 p.m. at Flora Funeral Service, 342 S. Main St. Rocky Mount. 


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